ways to have a "christmas" baby and make sure they dont feel like their b-day is less important...

Janelle - posted on 01/28/2010 ( 8 moms have responded )

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Hi i'm new to Dec 2008 Babies..When i saw this group and joined the first thing i thought of was all of us mothers of Dec. babies that deal with the "christmas" baby worry. Will people not come to the party cuz it's so busy around the holidays?....will my baby always get combined gifts?....and will it hurt his/her feelings when they get alittle older.....?I've had these worries and more! Trust me i know it's something mothers dont want to say anything about because we dont want people to think we just want gifts for our child..... Thats not the case at all, i know that as well as any of us..but will other people. It's the fact that we know how hard it is around christmas and the easy thing to do is by 1 gift, but that leaves use worrying that our child will grow up thinking he was in a sense less important. I'll be the first to admit...around christmas its all about decorating, gift buying, and the hustle of x-mas in my house. the approaching date of a birthday added to the hectic month can sometimes be looked over. My suggestion for making it still be "thier" day and carving out a special place for them around the holidays is.....have it as early as you can during the week of their b-day so it gives more time between "thier" day and x-mas. If you have a christmas day or eve baby maybe have the big celebration the weekend before, or heck two weeks before..what child doesnt like an early b-day. That way it gives the people attending a chance to buy seperate gifts and afford it also... And no it's not about the gifts but when your baby gets older a kid will be a kid and they'll notice..... Than you can make sure you have a very special celebration with just immidate family (ex:mommy, daddy, brother) on the actual day. If anyone else has this worry..., wants or has tips for making it special for your little x-mas birthday baby posts 'em here...im sure someone will find it helpful!

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Joymarie - posted on 02/06/2010

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My birthday is Christmas Eve and my son's is the 26th. What sticks out in my mind when I was little was that my mom always made my birthday seperate from the other Christmas stuff. There was no red and green decoration stuff for my birthday. We did the same thing. I know it might be harder with the kid being born on Christmas but I would just make sure whatever you do is all about their birthday not Christmas. :)

Amy - posted on 02/06/2010

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My daughter's birthday is New Years Eve. Unfortunately for this year at least, that means the toys are Christmas presents, and the clothes are Birthday presents. We didn't do a party though so she didn't really realize what was for which.

Tarolyn - posted on 01/30/2010

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Fortunately, my daughter's birthday is December 1st, but I still want to make sure we don't start celebrating the Christmas season until after we celebrate her birthday. So, instead of putting up decorations right after Thanksgiving, we plan to always wait until the week after her birthday and keeping them up for a week later than we normally would.

Katie - posted on 01/30/2010

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My daughter's birthday is the 29th of December. This year, it was her first Christmas and birthday, so we weren't really all that worried about her getting too confused. We had Christmas as normal on that Friday, and then on Sunday had her birthday party. She was way excited because it was the first time she had recieve presents all the time. I was in awe at how well she had taken to the idea of her day when she just went through an exhausting day opening presents two days before. What made it awesome...the CAKE!! We decided, however, that we will let Christmas be Christmas and her birthday be her very own special day. And when she gets older and realizes there is no santa then if there is something really really special that she wants she will have to wait a few days later to get it. That will make her birthday mean something to her and us more so than getting caught up in the holiday cheer. As far as sleep overs and such go. If she would like to have a birthday party in the summer with all of her friends, that will be for her to decide. Her actual birthday and Christmas will be celebrated with her family and very close friends. That's how it should be. Besides, this is the technology age. When she is older there won't be any worries about her not knowing that her friends aren't thinking about her...look how far technology has gone now!!

Crystal - posted on 01/29/2010

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My sons birthday is chrismas day. We had his birthday party in Januray so he would feel special and get chrismas gifts and birhday gifts. But at our house on his birthday we sang to him and bought him a few extra gifts that were just for his birthday. We all so had a them birthday party like every one had to get an animal gift for his birthday and anything they wanted for christmas. He is only one so he dont know what is going on yet but i think we will have his party either before christmas or after.

Natalie - posted on 01/28/2010

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My daughter's birthday is on December 11th. We had a party that Saturday at her grandparent's house and only had a few people there since my family lives in another state. Then on Christmas when we were with my family, we had a little birthday cake and a couple presents in the late afternoon to celebrate her birthday. I like Marci have also thought about having a have birthday for her as well when she gets to be school age so she can still have a fun time with friends.

Marci - posted on 01/28/2010

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Having a Birthday close to Christmas myself and growing up with the duel presents and people always forgetting my day because it was right between Christmas and New Years, I wanted to mak sure my daughter never feels that way so we decided her birthday party will always be the Sat before her birthday, which is the 23rd.. We told all of our family this, so it will not interfere with anyones Christmas and she will always have her special day.. We have also thought about when she gets older to let her have a half birthday party for friends in June.. Kinda hard to plan girly sleepovers and such in December

Anna - posted on 01/28/2010

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My son Orren's birthday is Christmas Day. This year, everyone was really cool about buying him two presents. We did celebrate his birthday on Christmas, with cake, ice cream, and all that. We just waited until the afternoon. It was very special because we were up in Minnesota with my husband's family, who had not met Orren before that. It was very cool for him to get to celebrate his first birthday with his aunts, uncles, and cousins. That's one good thing about having a birthday on Christmas! The family is all there already! This year was extra cool for us and Orren because it snowed a ton on his birthday, and the following day, he got to go sledding for the first time!! (We live in Texas. It doesn't snow here.) He loved it!!